See the twilight turn from mauve
To deeper, deeper blue
The lamp fills with pale green light
Trees of the avenue

Welladay, welladay
For the winds I heard say
Love is unhappy when love is away

Strings play a tune so sweet
Strings by the river, were the willows meet
There’s music along the river
Love dose wander there
Dark flowers on her mantel
Pale flowers in her hair

Welladay, welladay
For the winds I heard say
Love is unhappy when love is away

Play on, unseen harps, to love
Whose way in heaven is aglow
At that hour when soft lights come and go
Sweet music’s in the air above
Sweet music’s in the earth below

Shy gazes cross an avenue
Night sky becoming deeper, deeper blue

Welladay, welladay
For the winds I heard say
Love is unhappy when love is away

She sings in the hollow
Come follow, come follow
For all you that love
Leave dreams to the dreamers
That will not after
The song and laughter

The wild bees mum
At troops to her shoulder
And the time of dreaming
Dreams are over
As lover to lover